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P MARIE-ELISE DE LATOUB.

LADYS WAIST.

(No Model.)

(Application filed Feb. 8, 1898.)

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MARIE-ELISE DE LATOUR, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

LADYS WAIST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,688, dated August 9, 1898.

Application filed February 3, 1898. Serial No. 668,928u (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARIE-ELISE DE LA- TQUR, a citizen of France, residing in New York, in the borough of Manhattan and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ladies Waists, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in a ladys waist,which is so constructed that a snug and perfect fitting of the waist to the body is obtained, the waist retaining its shape even when removed from the body.

The invention consists of a ladys waist provided with a covering composed of stitch-' connected pieces, a lining composed also of stitch-connected pieces of the same size and pattern as the pieces of the covering, pockets secured over the seams of the lining, stays in said pockets, and stitches passing through the seams of the covering and lining, as will be hereinafter described, and then specified in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a ladys waist partly open, so as to show the lining. Fig. 2 is an inside elevation of a portion of the waist placed in flat position. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on line 3 3, Fig. 2, through one of the pockets containing the stay; and Fig. l is a detail horizontal section on line 4 4, Fig. 1, drawn on a larger scale and showing the connections between the outer fabric and the lining.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the outer covering, and B the lining, of a ladys waist. In making my improved waist both the outer covering and the lining are cut according to measurement in the same manner and by the same pattern and are both finished independent of each other-that is to say, the parts of the covering A are first connected at the edges by oonnecting-stitches, so as to form seams. The inwardly-projecting edges of the seams are then bent over and fastened by two lines of stitches, which run parallel with the connecting-seam. The edges of the lining are finished by a connecting-seam and over each seam is stitched a pocket G the required length, into which the stay D is placed. The pockets are sewed on in the usual manner first at one edge and then at the double-over opposite edge, as shown in Fig. 4. The stays are made of whalebone or Other suitable fabric and are first set to the required curvature and then fastened at their ends to the lining, so as to be retained in the curved position. After the outer coveringand lining are thus independently finished they are connected with each other by running han d-stitches (1 through the connecting-seams of the outer covering and through the connecting-seams of the lining, as shown in Fig. 4. These hand-stitches have to be carefully made, so as to produce the intimate connection of the outer covering and the lining. These hand-stitches cannot be seen, as they sink' in the seams of the outer covering. They produce the intimate connection of the outer fabric with the lining, so that the outer covering assumes the exact shape given to the lining by the stays, whereby an excellent and permanent fit of the waist is produced. The outer covering and the lining are sewed together by machine; but the connection of the covering with the lining has to be done by hand-stitches, the latter imparting a neat appearance and finish to the waist in a reliable manner without impairing the appear ance'of the outer covering.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A ladys waist, consisting of a covering con1- posed of stitch-connected pieces, a lining also composed of stitch-connected pieces of the same size and pattern as the pieces of the covering, pockets secured over the seams of the lining, "stays contained in said pockets and stitches passing through the seams of the covering and lining whereby the said stitches are caused to sink into the seams of the covering, so that the covering will as sume the exact shape given to the lining by the stays, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARIE-ELISE DE LATOUR.

Witnesses:

PAUL GoErEL, MAX. H. WURTZEL. 

